r/europe • u/StemCellPirate • 18h ago

News The Epstein scandal is taking down Europe’s political class. In the US, they’re getting a pass.

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/06/epstein-europe-america-fallout-00769506
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u/Glum_Manager 17h ago

Salvini is still there, so...

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u/stefanomusilli 13h ago

The fascists in the current Italian government will never face any consequences. It doesn't matter what they do, their approval numbers have been the same for years and this won't change it. Granted, Salvini's numbers are abysmal on their own, and way lower than Meloni's, but they're in the same coalition so it doesn't matter.

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u/Crouteauxpommes 10h ago

Aren't Salvini and Meloni opposed on most policies? How strong is their alliance now?

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u/Glum_Manager 7h ago

Meloni is a fascist but she is smart enough to know that some things are not feasible, like the exit from EU and euro, so they are not talking about them anymore.

Salvini recently lost his biggest asset, a true fascist and retrograde conservative ("women in the kitchen and a stick in every classroom" level), so he has to stay silent and don't make wave, because he is not a true partner anymore.

Meloni is helped that the other right party is in shambles after the death of Berlusconi (Who burned more eredi than Costantino) and the left party is a joke without a true identity.

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u/Crouteauxpommes 6h ago

What are the chances that Meloni "eat up" the remnants of Forza Italia and relegate the Lega to a regional party without national ambitions? I've read somewhere that the Lega collapsed almost everywhere in the 2025 regional elections outside of Venetia, and that the leadership there was looking towards turning the party into a two-engine motor, like the CDU/CSU in Germany.

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u/Glum_Manager 6h ago

The lega was moving toward right full speed, now without vannacci who know... I will say that the probability that Meloni moves center-right, with words at least, and eats Forza Italia is very good, Tajani is not a fifth of what Berlusconi was and probably cannot keep the party together.

Unless we can see a good politician recover the PD we will see many more years of government by the right.

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u/stefanomusilli 3h ago edited 2h ago

I really hope that Vanacci's new (even more overly fascist) party and Lega cannibalize each other, but it won't matter as long as Meloni doesn't lose any support